ARTISTS’ BURSARY SCHEME 2010
Artsadminʼs Artistsʼ Bursary Scheme offers bursaries to artists working individually or collaboratively in Live Art, and is open to UK based artists whohave been making work for up to and no more than ten years. The scheme supports artistic experiment, risk, speculation and play, ratherthan the production or touring of finished work. It aims to offer time to exploreprocesses and try out new ideas, mentoring support, and opportunities toshow work within a framework of constructive and critical dialogue. This year the scheme will support a minimum of seven artists who will beoffered a package including: • A cash award of between £1500 - £2500 • Artistic mentoring budget of £600 • Professional development mentoring with one of Artsadminʼs advisors • Opportunity to showcase work in development • Dialogue with a critical writer, towards online publication of a reflective response • Opportunity to meet other bursary artists through networking events The bursary is an opportunity to work with Artsadmin between June 2010 and May 2011. Our advisors Manick Govinda and Nikki Tomlinson run the schemeand will be in contact with the selected artists regularly on an individual basis, either in person or by phone/email, supporting their work over the year. The bursary award includes a specific budget for mentoring with an artist decided through discussions with Artsadmin and if necessary, brokered by us. We anticipate that the budget will allow for roughly 3 – 4 sessions in total. We see this as an opportunity for artists to meet and support each otherʼs practice, and will organise social events with former bursary artists and withothers that Artsadmin works with on a regular basis. Bursary artists have an open invitation to show their work in our fullyaccessible building, Toynbee Studios, or another venue as appropriate, withtechnical support. Artsadmin can provide up to three days studio space forshowcasing work. Additional working time at Toynbee Studios can bearranged but will have to be budgeted for and deducted from the cash award. This year we are piloting a new element of the scheme through which artistswill be introduced to specialist critical writers and thinkers, towards theeventual publication of an online response to their work. This reflects our aimto create more critical dialogue around the work of the artists we support, tomake ideas and processes more publicly visible where appropriate, and togenerate more awareness of the artistsʼ work.
Deadline for applications: Thursday 8 April, 2pm
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WHO CAN APPLY?
The scheme aims to support UK based artists who have been making work forup to and no more than ten years and who define their practice as Live Art. This year Arts Council England have provided us with funding to address theunder-representation of Deaf and Disabled artists in Live Art by supporting aminimum of three bursaries specifically for artists who define themselves asDeaf or Disabled. We therefore particularly welcome artists who define themselves as Deaf or Disabled to apply. Our intention is to offer timely support to artists who are emerging, have a rigorous and engaging practice, and would value a period to delve into ideas and processes without pressure to produce a final result. The bursary is not a commission or a production grant but a package of support that can be used flexibly according to each artist’s needs, and is oriented towards research and process. The scheme is open to artists who: • Are based in the UK • Are actively making work in the area of Live Art • Have been making work for up to and no more than ten years outside of full-time education Live Art is “basically art that happens in real time, overlapping with and crossing artforms such as performance, dance, theatre and visual art.” Artsadmin “Influenced at one extreme by late 20th century Performance Art methodologies where fine artists, in a rejection of objects and markets, turned to their body as the site and material of their practice, and at the other by enquiries where artists broke the traditions of the circumstance and expectations of theatre, a diverse range of practitioners in the 21st century – from those working in dance, film and video, to performance writing, socio-political activism and the emerging languages of the digital age - continue to be excited by the possibilities of the live event.” Live Art Development Agency www.thisisliveart.co.uk Definitions of Live Art can vary - we are therefore offering these uses of the term as a rough rather than exhaustive guide.
ARTISTS’ BURSARY SCHEME 2010
WHO CAN APPLY? CONTD
The scheme is for artists who have been making work for up to and no more than ten years since leaving full-time education. If you have had a substantial career-break, or have been working for many years and have significantly shifted your practice more recently to Live Art, please refer to this in your application. You cannot apply if you • Do not work in Live Art • Are in full-time undergraduate or post-graduate education during thebursary period June 2010 – May 2011 • Have previously received any kind of award from Artsadmin, such as abursary, a digital media bursary or a decibel award • Are in receipt of fixed-term funding from Arts Council England • Are an artist whose projects are produced by Artsadmin • Have been an Artsadmin Associate Artist for more than one year
ARTISTS’ BURSARY SCHEME 2010
HOW TO APPLY
Apply online at apply.artsadmin.co.uk Our preferred method of application is through our online application system. This is part of our environmental policy and reduces the amount of time spent physically processing applications. If you wish to submit your application inanother format, please contact us. We cannot accept applications by email. Please include the following in your application1. Your name, address, phone number and email 2. A written statement* of 800 words max 3. Up to and no more than ten images of your own work 4. URL link to a website containing your work 5. Video and/or sound files as appropriate to your practice (six mins max) 6. CV (2 sides of A4 max) 7. Completed monitoring form Please do not send any material other than what is listed above. It will not begiven to the selection panel. * Written statement Please address all of the following questions within the 800-word limit. It is upto you how you address the questions, in what order, and how much youfocus on each one within the word limit. Longer submissions will not beeligible. 1. What is your artistic practice? 2. What work have you made in the past few years? 3. What would you use the bursary award to explore? 4. What is the context of the visual/audio material you have selected tosubmit? – where was the work made and/or shown, and how does it relateto your practice as a whole?
Deadline for applications : Thursday 8 April, 2pm
To request information in another format email lindsey@artsadmin.co.uk or call 020 7247 5102
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OTHER INFORMATION
Pre-application advice
Please also see the detailed FAQs that accompany these guidelines. If youhave another query, please contact Nikki Tomlinson, Lindsey Price or ManickGovinda. Artsadmin is able to answer queries on how to apply by phone and email, but cannot provide feedback on draft applications.
nikki@artsadmin.co.uk
lindsey@artsadmin.co.uk
manick@artsadmin.co.uk 020 7247 5102 (there are no individual phone extensions)
Selection process
Applications are shortlisted by a panel made up of Artsadmin staff, and shortlisted applications then put before a wider panel, which includes artistsand other professionals in the sector. The panel will look at the writtenstatements and the supporting material together, giving equal weight to each. Applications will be assessed on the following criteria: • Complete submission of all the material requested • The relevance of the application to the schemeʼs aims • Evidence of a committed and rigorous practice • Clarity of intentions for how the bursary support would be used • Strong potential for future development • Timeliness of offering the bursary support The range of artists and work supported will also be taken into consideration. Artsadmin aims to reach decisions by the end of May, and will notifyapplicants by email unless for any reason you have requested otherwise. Please keep us informed of any changes to your email address during the assessment process.
Feedback on unsuccessful applications
We are happy to offer brief feedback by email on request.
Complaints and appeals
Complaints and appeals in relation to Artsadminʼs Artistsʼ Bursary Scheme2010 are undertaken under the Artsadmin Complaints and AppealsProcedures, available on request from Artsadmin.
Supported by Artsadmin and our Small Change fundraising scheme, Arts Council England, London and theCentre for Excellence in Training for Theatre at Central School of Speech and Drama.